Philosophy

Como os pós-modernistas treinam—e não educam—ativistas [Portuguese translation]

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[Por Stephen R. C. Hicks. A translation by Matheus Pacini of “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists,” James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, March 2019.] Por que doutrinar crianças faz sentido para os pós-modernistas? A maioria de nós foi vítima de doutrinadores ao longo de sua formação acadêmica. Um doutrinador pensa dessa forma: existe apenas uma […]

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¿Por Qué Los Posmodernos Entrenan—No Educan—Activistas? [Spanish translation]

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[Por Stephen R. C. Hicks. A translation by Fermin Elizalde of “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists,” James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, March 2019.] He aquí por qué adoctrinar a los niños tiene mucho sentido para los posmodernistas. La mayoría de nosotros encontramos adoctrinadores pasados de moda en nuestra educación. Los adoctrinadores piensan de esta

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Is German philosophy really Counter-Enlightenment? Nietzsche’s assessment

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My Explaining Postmodernism book is negative on the major developments in German philosophy, tracing a devolution from Kant through Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger to the postmodernists. Lots of room in that story for nuances and exceptions, and I’ve received much criticism for being harsh on the German thinkers. I have two forthcoming Open College

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Errol Morris asks, “Was Thomas Kuhn Evil?”

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Good question about a philosopher’s beliefs, character, and the connections between them. John Horgan reviews Morris’s memoir-and-critique of Kuhn’s proto-postmodernism. I discuss Kuhn’s impact on first-generation postmodernism in Explaining Postmodernism, noting first how in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn concludes that metaphysical subjective relativism is true (if we can use that word): “the proponents

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Texts in Philosophy — early 2019 additions

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For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. E. K. Daniel, “Two Proofs of God’s Existence” (1994). John Dewey, “The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy” (1909). Ludwig von Mises, “The Myth of the Failure of Capitalism” (1932). Ayn Rand, excerpt from John Galt’s Speech, Atlas Shrugged (1957). Walt Whitman, “Song of

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Looking Forward podcast — Institute of Public Affairs

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I talk with three scholars from the Institute of Public Affairs: Special Episode – Postmodernism with Dr Stephen Hicks What is postmodernism, and what are the goals of the postmodernist movement? On this special episode of the Looking Forward Podcast Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by Canadian philosopher Dr Stephen Hicks and

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